Masters in International Finance

pinnyoshea

Im applying for masters courses and I am very interested in International Finance, course director Dr. Alan Aherne. I have spoken to my lecturers here in UL about it and none seem to know of it other than NUIG has a very strong economics department. I also know of Dr Ahernes pedigree as an economist and his appointment as advisor to the minister for finance.

Are there any people who have completed this course or who are in the process of completing it that could provide me with feedback. Thanks

kermitpwee

pinnyoshea wrote: »

Im applying for masters courses and I am very interested in International Finance, course director Dr. Alan Aherne. I have spoken to my lecturers here in UL about it and none seem to know of it other than NUIG has a very strong economics department. I also know of Dr Ahernes pedigree as an economist and his appointment as advisor to the minister for finance.

Are there any people who have completed this course or who are in the process of completing it that could provide me with feedback. Thanks

Tcd, UCD and NUIM have the best economic departments. Forget about the rest. DCU are good in finance.

english4490

is Alan Ahern not one of the top economists in the country? surely a course directed by him has to be of a high standard?:rolleyes:

snubbleste

english4490 wrote: »

is Alan Ahern not one of the top economists in the country? surely a course directed by him has to be of a high standard?:rolleyes:

Just because he's on tv and advising government does not mean he's one of the top economists
I would agree that the NUIG economics dept isn't one of the best in the country

english4490

regardless of his media apperances, he was a Senior economist in the international finance division on the board of goveners in the federal reserve for a few years and was invited to join Brugel.. and i have read many more appointments in various places, i cant say wheter nuig has a good economic departments but a man with his cv has to be pretty good no??

http://www.nuigalway.ie/staff/alan_ahearne/

snubbleste

I have'nt done the course in question so i can't comment on it

english4490

nor have i! so anyone out there who has done the course? i plan on doing economics in nuig next year as part of my degree 9(corp law) and probably do a masters in something along the lines of what this thread relates to, so i would be interested to see if what people have to say!:eek:

qazwsx

You may be interested to know that the Economics department in NUI, Galway has the best citation rate of any economic department in Ireland. This suggests that it is a very research active department and therefore a very good place to do a post grad degree.

kermitpwee

english4490 wrote: »

nor have i! so anyone out there who has done the course? i plan on doing economics in nuig next year as part of my degree 9(corp law) and probably do a masters in something along the lines of what this thread relates to, so i would be interested to see if what people have to say!:eek:

The word on the ground from academics is that NUIG is poor in their economics dept. If you were to do a postgrad in economics i would advise you to look elsewhere but everyone to their own i suppose.

english4490

where would people think the best place overall place to study economics at both under and post grad?

kermitpwee

english4490 wrote: »

where would people think the best place overall mis to study economics at both under and post grad?

UCD followed by TCD and NUIM a close third.

The UK would be siginificantly better.

qazwsx

KERMITPWEE


What about some evidence for your statement that 'the word on the ground from academics is that NUIG is poor in their economics dept. If you were to do a postgrad in economics i would advise you to look elsewhere but everyone to their own i suppose.' Which academics? On which ground? Dublin 4 bias ..... methinks !

Check SCOPUS which shows that NUI in Galway / UCG has the best research record in Ireland in Business and Economics. Funding from outside for research is also very high with lots of research students and a beautiful new building for the business school in Galway

Alan Aherne was UNIQUE in taking on the powers that be for the past few years and in PREDICTING what has happened to our economy. Other academic economists were silent. Many of the Dublin based academics were actiing as cheerleaders !!


I dont know anything about the course in finance itself but the economics people in Galway are good.

machintoshlover

I have also heard that the economics dept. in NUIG 'is not great' relative to UCD or TCD. I have no evidence to back this up its only what I have heard (a number of times). In terms of international reputation UCD or TCD would carry more weight.

Alan Ahearne is on a leave of abscene so Dr. Srinivas Raghavendra is taking over as course director for the next year anyway. The course is new so it is difficult to find out how successful it has been - also the area of international finance isn't in its healthiest position at the moment so I dont know that the jobs situation would be like.

machintoshlover

qazwsx wrote: »

KERMITPWEE

Many of the Dublin based academics were actiing as cheerleaders !!

Care to back that one up with a bit of evidence?

kermitpwee

Sorry for any offense to NUIG students. NUIG has a very poor econometric component to its economics courses. To do further studies in economics it is vital that you are comfortable with econometrics, this is also the case for research.

kermitpwee

Evidence!

Well all I can say is that from discussing courses wth staff from the three aforementioned universities I have come to my conclusions. Also from studying with NUIG graduates I have found them very weak in econometrics. Also NUIG graduates at postgrad level are given an exemption from the econometrics module in two universities in Ireland due to their lack of prior training in their undergrad, instead they study the econometrics module from the degree.

NUIG may have good lectures and research, the problem is that the modules that they teach are not advanced enough, this leaves the students in a poor situation if they wish to pursue a postgrad.

jjbob85

I have also worked with students from NUIG economics aswell as those from UCD, TCD and NUIM and found them all (apart from a very small group) equally poor in the area of econometrics. . I wouldnt say that NUIG students are at a disadvantage in the slightest and it is a very sweeping statement to make seeing as the econometrics studied as part of the undergrad course at NUIG would be very similar to the three institutions mentioned above.

So theres more 'Evidence!' for you.

pablodunlop

Having done the Masters this year I can honestly say I was very dissapointed with how it turned out. But having said that, the programme may be going in a new direction next year (for the better!) and it did have some good points.

Feel free to PM me I can get into the nitty gritty with you,I'd rather not post it on here